Syringe.



G. D. MGALLUM.

SYRINGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1914.

Patented 0011.27,]1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS 00.. PHOTOVLITHOH WASHINGTON. n. C.

UNITE sra'rns PATENT curios,

CALVIN D. MOALLUM, OF DE KALB, MISSISSIPPI.

SYRINGE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CALVIN D, MCALLUM, acitizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county ofKemper and State of Mississippi, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Syringes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to instruments for the treatment of thefemale organ of generation, and has for its object to provide eflicientmeans for irrigating or medieating the uterus and adjacent parts.

Another object of'the invention is the provision of means whereby thesaid treatment will cause but slight pain, and tend to make thetreatment less disagreeable thanisthe case with devices of this kind atpresent in Still another object is the provision of means whereby thewomb or parts of the vagina may be held in place while a doctor orattendant is treating an ulcer or cancer thereof,and at child-birth thedevice is indispensable to cleansethe womb and to Withdraw the placenta.

Other advantageous features of my invention will be fully understoodfrom the followingdescription and claims when the same arereadinconnection'with the drawings, accompanying and forming part ofthis specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of, my novel device as applied to asyringe, and showing the rubber tubes I employv as surrounding andattached to the steel or gutta-percha nozzle of a syringe; two of thetubes being broken away." Fig. 2 is a view of my novel device, showingthe cap or head of the nozzle in section, and surrounded by the tubes,and also showing in section the ring to which the tubes are connected attheir lower ends; the lower portion of the nozzle being omitted forconvenience of illustration. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the ring,showing the air inlet in proper position.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

'My novel device comprises among other features a ring 1, havingapertures 2 in its Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1914.

tached to a nozzle of a syringe.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914..

Serial No. 828,314.

upper face, the said apertures receiving short tubes 16, and at 3 Iprovide in the ring a neck, which neck is in communication with tubing4, the said tubing being of the ordinary well known construction, and inturn is connected at its end remote from the neck, to a bulb 5. p I

Mounted upon and fixedly connected to and in communication with theapertures 2 through the medium of the short tubes 16 are tubes 6 ofrubber or other inflatable material, and at 7 the said tubes are fixedlyat- At this point I would have it understood that my device is capableof attachment to any kind of syringe now in use, but for the sake ofillustrating the practicability of my novel device, I have shown asyringe comprising a bulb 9 snugly retaining in its neck a nozzle 10formed of gutta-percha or other suitable material, the said neckinclosing the nozzle. The nozzle 10 is provided in its face withopenings 11 and a cap or head 12; the said cap being also provided withan opening 13.

As will be readily appreciated by reference to the drawings, the tubes 6are increased in diameter at a point slightly beyond their centers, asindicated by 14, for a very important purpose hereinafter pointed out. IIn applying my novel device to a syringe,

:it is simply necessary to place the ring 1 over the head 12 of thenozzle 10, and run the ring down so that it will seat around the neck ofthe bulb 9, and then attach the tubes 6 at their upper ends through themedium of adhesive to the sides of the head 12 of the nozzle, and whenthis has been done, it will be seen that the said tubes 6 extendslightly beyond the cap or head 12 vice, it will follow that the deviceis not materially increased in diameter, and this together with thefurther fact that the soft rubber tubes 6 extend a short distance beyondthe head 12 of the nozzle, and thereby serve as a cushion for the saidhead, the insertion of the device will not be attended with pain. Afterthe device has been inserted, it is only necessary to inflate the tubes6 through the medium of the air bulb 5, thereby holding the parts open,which will allow water or other fluids to pass freely through theseveralpassages into the vagina, when the fluid is forced, by pressing.of the bulb 9, to pass through the guttapercha tube 10 and out of theopenings 11 and 13 in said tube. p

The apparatus is indispensable in the treatment of ulcers or cancer ofthe womb, as in such cases after the device is inserted it is onlynecessary to inflate certain of the tubes, leaving the ones covering theinfected part uninflated, stopping all the openings 11 in the nozzle,except those wished to be used, and thereby giving the doctor orattendant free use of his hands.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that my invention is inexpensiveto produce, simple to operate and capable of easy and ready attachmentto any style of syringe.

The construction shown and describedis the preferred embodiment of myinvention, but I would have it understood that in the future practice ofmy invention such changes ormodiflcations may be made as fairly fallwithin the scope of the same as claimed. In the small sizes, four tubesonly will be used.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Pat cut, is:

1. The combination with a syringe, of a hollow ring having tubes incommunication therewith, a hollow neck contained in said ring andinflatable tubes connected at the upper portions of the first-namedtubes.

2'. The combination with a syringe, of a hollow ring having tubes incommunication therewith through the medium of apertures in the face ofthe ring, a hollow neck arranged at one side and in communication withthe ring, and inflatable tubes connected to the first-named tubes at theupper ends thereof, whereby when air is introduced into the neck of thering the tubes will be inhollow apertured ring receiving tubes in itssaid apertured portions, a hollow neck arranged in one side of the ringin communication through a hose with an air bulb, inflatable tubes theupper portions of, which are of increased diameter; the said tubes beingin communication at their lower ends with the ring whereby air may besupplied to the inflatable tubes, and the upper portion of the saidtubes being fixedly connected to and surrounding the nozzle of asyringe.

5. The combination in a syringe, of a nozzle provided with a cap at itsupper end, and having outlets in its face below the cap; the said capbeing provided with an outlet, a

bulb having a hollow neck capable of receiving and holding the lowerportion of the:

nozzle in fixed relation to the bulb, a hollow ring provided withopenings in its face re-' ceiving the lower. ends of tubes, inflatabletubes in communication with the upper portions of the first-named tubesand the upper portions of the inflatable tubes surroi'md-ing and fixedlyconnected to the cap of the nozzle. v

,6. The combination in a syringe, of a nozzle provided with a cap at itsupper endand having outlets inits face below the cap the said cap beingprovided with an outlet, a bulb having a hollow neck capable ofreceiving and ho'lding'the lower portion of a nozzle whereby fluid maybe forced throughthe nozzle, a hollow ring. provided with openings inits face-for receivin the lower ends of tubes andalso having a hollowneck in communication with an air bulb, inflata ble tubes mounted ontheupper portions-of the first-named tubes whereby air may be introducedintothe inflatable tubes through the medium of the air bulb; the upperportions of the inflatable tubes being. of a greater diameter than theirlower portions, and means for connectingthe inflatable tubes with thesides of the cap.

7. a new article of manufacture, a syrlnge'. provided wlth cushioning.means comprisingea hollow ring having-a hollow,

neck. in communication with an air' bulb, apertures 1n the face of themug, tubes re-' tained in the said apertures and inflatable tubesreceiving at their lower ends the upper portion of the first-named tubesand being at their upper ends fixedly held in spaced,

relation to the nozzle of a syringe.

8. A Syringe comprising a central. rigid and apertured nozzle,inflatable tubesgrouped about and connected with the rigidnozzle, andmeans for inflating said tubes.-

9. A syringe comprising a central rigid and apertured nozzle, andinflatable tubes grouped about and connected with the nozzle; the tubesbeing extended beyond the forward end of the nozzle, and means for inflating the tubes.

10. A syringe comprising a rigid apermy hand in presence of tWosubscribing Wittured rdlolzlzle; tu1f es groupec}i abillllt thenoznesses. zle an aving orward in ata e ortions connected With thenozzle, and mezPns con- CALVIN MOALLUM' 5 nected with the tubes fordistending the for- Witnesses:

ward portions thereof. J. D. THOMAS,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 0. B. MCDADE.

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